In May of 2001 I visited the gravesite of Clark & Emma McKee at the
Greenlawn Cemetery in Afton, Union County, Iowa for the first time. Left is the
headstone as it appears today. To the right is a picture of the
headstone taken circa 1925 prior to Clark's death.

Left is the headstone of Arthur McKee in the McKee family plot in the
Greenlawn Cemetery, Afton, Union County, Iowa. Arthur is buried next
to his parents and his brother Lew McKee.
According to the obituary of his mother, Emma
Janette
Robinson, Arthur passed away in South Dakota.

Left
is a picture taken in 1907 in Des Moines, Iowa of
Minnie (right) and two friends. If you
double-click on the picture, you will be able read
the sign on the side of the car that says
"Seeing Des Moines".

Left
is a photo of Minnie and a friend taken on November
5, 1910. Right is a shot of Minnie and her
husband Henry Ziegler taken on the porch of their
home on September 1, 1912 at 213 Clark Street, Des
Moines, Iowa.

After
my Aunt Erna Petznick passed away, I found Minnie's gold locket in
Erna's family items. Left
is a picture of the locket where you can see the initials "MSM" engraved.
Inside the locket, Minnie kept miniature pictures of both Henry and
herself (right) and of Henry (below right).

Holding
a new generation, left is a picture of Minnie McKee
and Debbie Petznick. Seated is her husband,
Henry Ziegler. This photo was taken in
about 1958. Debbie is the daughter of Harley
Petznick, the third son of Elsie
McKee.

Left
is a picture postcard of Nina McKee and an unknown
niece. The postcard was written to her mother,
"Mrs. Emma McKee". Although the date
on the postmark is unclear, I am guessing that this
was sent on May 28th, 1913.

Left
is a picture of Elsie McKee with her husband, Jake
Wenzel on Jake's farm (where I grew up) outside of
Creston, Union County, Iowa, taken probably in the
late 1930s. Right is a picture of Elsie and
Erna
Petznick on the back porch of the McKee family
home outside of Afton, Union County, Iowa in the
early 1960s.

Left
is a picture of Elsie McKee and Leona Kaster
Petznick, wife of Kenny
Petznick in Elsie's kitchen on Elm Street in
Creston, Iowa in the 1950s. How fondly I remember my
grandmother's cooking, especially the hot cinnamon
rolls she would always bake. Right is a
picture of Elsie with her granddaughters, Pam
Petznick and Debbie
Petznick in California, probably around
1959. Pam and Debbie are the daughters of Harley
Charles Petznick.